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Former 8 As Methodist Chapel and School Rooms Chapel Lane Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8YA

Split decision West Berkshire 25/02816/COND Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s)

Works: Demolition Windows or glazing

Part of this application was approved and part refused. The decision notice on the council portal sets out which is which.

Proposal

Approval of details reserved by Conditions (16) Future Occupants Criteria and (17) External Lighting of planning permission 21/01530/FULMAJ: Section 73 variation of conditions 2 (plans), 18 (refuse and recycling) and 27 (Obscure glazing) of approved 19/02812/FULMAJ -Proposed change of use of the redundant and closed Methodist Chapel into six residential units and the change of use of the redundant and closed School Rooms into 5 residential units with associated demolition, alteration and conversion works.

As published by the council, reference 25/02816/COND

Application record

Reference
25/02816/COND
Type
Discharge/Compliance of Condition(s)
Status
Decided
Decision
Part approved, part refused As published: Split Decision
Received
4 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Decided
27 Jan 2026
Ward
Lambourn
Parish
Lambourn Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
RG17 8YA

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Berkshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00322/COND Granted

    Former 8 As Methodist Chapel and School Rooms Chapel Lane Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8YA

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 16 (future occupants criteria) of planning permission 21/01530/FULMAJ

    Decided 31 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 25/02787/COND Granted

    Former 8 As Methodist Chapel and School Rooms Chapel Lane Lambourn Hungerford RG17 8YA

    Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 5 ( External Services) and 7 ( Internal Services) of approved 21/01531/LBC

    Decided 23 Jan 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Received by West Berkshire

  2. 5 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Jan 2026

    Decision issued: Split Decision

  4. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

MATHEWSON WATERS ARCHITECTS LLP Agent, an architecture practice registered in Calne

Active · incorporated 2014 · Calne

171 applications on PlanIndex · across 12 councils · 97% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

West Berkshire has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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